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Hello everyone,
The other day I was researching about the Talos ramjet missile. Fueled by kerosene, this mainly sea to air missile cruised to its target at mach 2.5.
I found a website that goes into great detail. From the ramjet used to the operating system. Check it out.
https://www.okieboat.com/Talos missile.html
I stumbled upon another website. They used to pretty normal techniques to boost a slightly supersonic ramjet sustainer. It was under ramjet power for a couple of seconds and accelerated an extra 4g's at that time. The eventual goal of the team is to test hypersonic vehicles.
https://www.appliedthermalsciences.com/pages/hypersonics.html
So, my question to all of you is why hasn't someone from the hobby attempted something like this?? I think that given the technology that we have. Someone could do it. Liquid fueled ramjets on a small scale would be hard to do. No doubt about that. But I was thinking more on the lines of a solid fuel one. Using magnesium and some sort of binder, one could eliminate the complexity of a fuel delivery system.
Im posting this to generate discussion and see what others think.
The other day I was researching about the Talos ramjet missile. Fueled by kerosene, this mainly sea to air missile cruised to its target at mach 2.5.
I found a website that goes into great detail. From the ramjet used to the operating system. Check it out.
https://www.okieboat.com/Talos missile.html
I stumbled upon another website. They used to pretty normal techniques to boost a slightly supersonic ramjet sustainer. It was under ramjet power for a couple of seconds and accelerated an extra 4g's at that time. The eventual goal of the team is to test hypersonic vehicles.
https://www.appliedthermalsciences.com/pages/hypersonics.html
So, my question to all of you is why hasn't someone from the hobby attempted something like this?? I think that given the technology that we have. Someone could do it. Liquid fueled ramjets on a small scale would be hard to do. No doubt about that. But I was thinking more on the lines of a solid fuel one. Using magnesium and some sort of binder, one could eliminate the complexity of a fuel delivery system.
Im posting this to generate discussion and see what others think.